2019: Year of the Earth Pig
The 2019 Chinese zodiac year is the Yin Earth Pig, and it runs from 5 February 2019 to 24 January 2020 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Pig 猪
- Element and polarity
- Yin Earth
- Gan-Zhi
- Ji Hai 己亥
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 2019, a person turns 7 during the 2026 year
Born early in 2019? You may be Dog, not Pig
Chinese New Year 2019 fell on 5 February 2019. Anyone born between 1 January 2019 and 4 February 2019 — a window of 35 days — belongs to the 2018 zodiac year, the Yang Earth Dog, and not to the Pig.
Check an exact birth date against the 5 February 2019 boundary.
Exact 2019 zodiac year dates
The 2019 lunar year ran its ordinary twelve months, 354 days in total.
Other Pig years around 2019
| Pig year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Yin Water Pig | 13 February 1983 |
| 1995 | Yin Wood Pig | 31 January 1995 |
| 2007 | Yin Fire Pig | 18 February 2007 |
| 2031 | Yin Metal Pig | 23 January 2031 |
| 2043 | Yin Water Pig | 10 February 2043 |
| 2055 | Yin Wood Pig | 28 January 2055 |
The exact pairing 己亥 — Yin Earth Pig — returns only once every sixty years: 1959, 2079.